This weekend

Either you have put the time and miles in with the appropriate effort or you have not. There is no make up time or extra credit. So lets make this last weekend great and go out strong.

Saturday

Shoot Outs– Old Man 7:15. Big Boy 7:30.

No matter which one you do, everyone goes all the way around. Get the miles in.

I will be unable to attend as its the El Grupo Board retreat. So coaches help me keep the kids honest. EVERYONE goes all the way around.

If you are not going to be riding down to Mt Hopkins the next day, I would encourage all of you to find extra miles as well.

C Team Ride— 7:30 am start. Be ready for a long hard ride with Colin!

Sunday MT Hopkins

This is the last of the big winter rides. Don’t miss it. It really is my favorite of the year.

This is another logistics master piece so please read carefully.

Elena, Daniela and I need one more, will be driving down to the base of the mountain. They will leave the clubhouse at 8:30am. Bring a lunch. If you are going down at this time its because you do not want to ride the mountain on a road bike. Understood. You will ride your mountain bike. Its still a long hard day.

If you are riding down to the mountain you need to know a few things,

You can ride up on a road bike, but its hard, and coming down is pretty sketchy. Yes it has been done by many an El Grupo youth before, but please be aware this may be the gnarliest ride you have ever done on a road bike.

If you have a cross bike you should definitely ride it instead of your road bike, and slick 28’s or 32’s are really good for this ride. If you have a set of spare wheels and tires I recommend bringing them in the van.

This is another big mountain so it will be a very cold decent with ice and snow, so be prepared.

I will lead the group riding down and we will leave the clubhouse at 8am. We will have vehicular support for the ride. The vans will be at the high way by the turn off for the mountain and we will be able to get water and change wheels and tires.

Once we get to the top of the mountain we will ride back down to the high way and load up there for the return.

This is a very long day. Bring plenty of food, dress properly, and get excited.